Steps to Building a working circuit with 4 light-bulbs and 3 switches.
Place Large Battery.
Place 4 small light-bulbs.
Wire light-bulbs to battery [make a circuit for (-) charges to travel to the (+) side of the battery].
Check light-bulbs to see if they light up-Hit Run.
Add 3 Switches to circuit.
Test which lights are controlled by which switches.
Circuits are paths where Negative (-) Charges flow toward Positive (+) Charges. The flow of these charges powers item such as lights, buzzers, and electric motors.
Circuits are divided into two classes-Series Circuits and Parallel Circuits.
Series Circuit
Parallel Circuit
A Series Circuit contains only one path for the negative charges to flow from the negative side of the power source (outlet, battery, generator) to the positive side of the power source.
A Parallel Circuit contains two or more paths for negative charges to travel.
Characteristics
Characteristics
Only one path.
One switch will stop the flow of Negative Charges to ALL components (lights, motors, buzzers, etc).
A switch that can control all the electricity in a circuit is called a Master Switch!! (S1, S2)
Each path can have a switch to control only those items on that path. (S1, S5)
A switch can be located to control two paths in a parallel circuit. (S3)
A Master Switch can be located near the power source to control the flow of negative charges to all paths. (S4)
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Steps to Building a working circuit with 4 light-bulbs and 3 switches.
Circuits are paths where Negative (-) Charges flow toward Positive (+) Charges. The flow of these charges powers item such as lights, buzzers, and electric motors.
Circuits are divided into two classes-Series Circuits and Parallel Circuits.
Series Circuit
Parallel Circuit
A Series Circuit contains only one path for the negative charges to flow from the negative side of the power source (outlet, battery, generator) to the positive side of the power source.
A Parallel Circuit contains two or more paths for negative charges to travel.
Characteristics
Characteristics
Only one path.
One switch will stop the flow of Negative Charges to ALL components (lights, motors, buzzers, etc).
A switch that can control all the electricity in a circuit is called a Master Switch!! (S1, S2)
Each path can have a switch to control only those items on that path. (S1, S5)
A switch can be located to control two paths in a parallel circuit. (S3)
A Master Switch can be located near the power source to control the flow of negative charges to all paths. (S4)